Five people wake up outside the Western town of Blood City with no knowledge of who they are other than a card in their pockets telling them that they are each a convicted murderer. Their only choices are to either become slaves in Blood City or else to fight for their survival unarmed. Michael Lewis chooses the ruthless game of survival. But he is unaware that all his moves are being watched by computer programmers and that Blood City is really a virtual reality simulation to test recruits to see if they have the right stuff to become law enforcement officials.